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$145.00
1y69b/16

Bentley: Factory Cars 1919-1931


HAY, MICHAEL

Quarto, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 352pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, light soiling to boards, sl tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Osprey 1993

KEYWORDS: automotive history cars motoring Bentley vintage classic early 20th twentieth century high performance

$120.00
1y69b/18

Lagonda: A History of the Marque


DAVEY, ARNOLD & MAY, ANTHONY W

Super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 497pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning/fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: David & Charles 1978

KEYWORDS: automotive history motoring Lagonda cars

$100.00
1y69b/19

Aston Martin: The Story of a Sports Car


CORAM, DUDLEY (Compiled by & Book Two) & HUNTER, INMAN (Book One) & ELLIS, F E (Book One) & BROWN, DAVID (Fore)

LACKS D/W, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 343pp, illus/photos, VG (light fading to spine, moderate rubbing & bruising to extrems, minor chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, gift inscription in ink to ffep, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Motor Racing Publications 1957

KEYWORDS: high performance cars motorsport automotive Aston Martin sports history design development engineering

$65.00
1y69b/20

Split Seconds: My Racing Years


MAYS, RAYMOND & MAY, DENNIS (Ed)

LACKS D/W, octavo, blue buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 306pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to spine & board extrems/edges, minor chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev bookseller's ink stamp to ffep)

PUBLISHER: G T Foulis & Co 1951

KEYWORDS: automotive racing motorsport history Raymond Mays autobiography autobiographies memoir

$45.00
1y69b/23

Maserati 3011: The Story of a Racing Car


JENKINSON, DENIS

Oblong quarto, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, frontispiece, 112pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear pastedown) in d/w, VG (moderate fading to spine, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Aries Press 1987

KEYWORDS: automotive classic vintage cars history Maserati 3011 motoring

$300.00
1y69b/26

John Thornley Said Call it MGA


MARTIN, ROGER & HUBBARD, PIERS

SECOND EDITION, SIGNED LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (#62/251), quarto, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine & boards, illus eps & prelims, 176pp, illus/photos, VG+ (spine sl cocked, light chafing to boards, sl tanning to page edges, minor cracking to central gutters)

PUBLISHER: MGA Register 2015

KEYWORDS: signed limited numbered editions MGA automotive motoring cars vintage classic history

$75.00
1y69b/28

Modena Racing Memories


GAULD, GRAHAM

Square imperial octavo, red heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus title page, 148pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing/rubbing to board edges & extrems, sl tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate fading to spine, sl chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap)

PUBLISHER: MBI Publishing 1999

KEYWORDS: automotive history Italian sports cars grand prix racing motorsport high performance

$45.00
1y69b/29

Terra Australis 10: The Emergence of Mailu: as a Central Place in Coastal Papuan Prehistory


IRWIN, GEOFFREY

ONE PAGE LOOSE, SIGNED, quarto, illus light card covers, white & black lettering to spine, xx + 262pp, illus, VG- (moderate rubbing/scuffing & fading to spine, moderate scuffing to covers & edges, prev. owner's name in ink to front cover, sl soiling to page edges, heavy cracking to gutters- various chunks of page block partially detached, pg 88-89 detached)

PUBLISHER: Geoffrey Irwin / Australian National University 1985

KEYWORDS: signed Australia Australian prehistory prehistoric archeology archaeology ancient history anthropology excavations Mailu

$40.00
1y69b/31

The Encyclopaedia of Motor Sport


GEORGANO, G N (Ed) & MOSS, STIRLING (Fore)

Quarto, teal buckram boards, gilt lettering & illus to spine, top page edges stained blue, illus title page, 656pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate scuffing to spine & board edges/extrems, light soiling to front board, light soiling & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, 2cm closed tear to base of front cover, moderate fading to spine, moderate chafing & light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Ebury Press / Michael Joseph 1971

KEYWORDS: automotive motorsport encyclopedia encyclopaedia car racing cars history

$245.00
1y69b/32

Zagato: Settant'anni Vissuti di Corsa / Seventy Years in the Fast Lane


MARCHIANO, MICHELE

TEXT IN ITALIAN & ENGLISH, square quarto, yellow heavy boards, black lettering to spine, 182pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine & extrems, light soiling to rear board, sl tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading & creasing to spine, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Giorgio Nada Editore 1989

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN ITALIAN & ENGLISH automotive history motoring Zagato Italian motorsport

$40.00
1y69b/34

Road Star Hat Trick: Being an Account of Two Seasons of B Bira the Racing Motorist in 1937 and 1938 (Fourth Edition)


PRINCE CHULA OF SIAM (CHAKRABONGSE)

FOURTH EDITION, LACKS D/W, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 183pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, heavy fading to spine, sl fading to board edges, light to moderate staining to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to ffeplight tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: G T Foulis 1948

KEYWORDS: birabongse bhanude B Bira biography biographies memoir automotive racing motorists drivers history

$70.00
1y69b/35

Specials


BOLSTER, JOHN

LACKS D/W, octavo, peach buckram boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 170pp, illus/photos, VG (spine sl cocked, light fading to spine, light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ex-libris plate & prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedownlight foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: G T Foulis & Co 1949

KEYWORDS: motorsport automotive cars racing history

$45.00
1y69b/37

Targa Florio: An Authentic History of the Famous Motor Race


BRADLEY, W F

LACKS D/W, octavo, green heavy boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 164pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate rubbing/scuffing to extrems, light to moderate soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light tanning to half title page, light foxing to prelims)

PUBLISHER: G T Foulis & Co N/D

KEYWORDS: automotive history motorsport Targa Florio races

$145.00
1y69b/38

The History of the Geelong Speed Trials 1956-1985


GRANT, GARY

SIGNED LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (#20/1000), octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 291pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising & soiling to top edges of boards & spine, sl soiling to page egdes) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, moderate chafing, moderate fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Gary Grant 1986

KEYWORDS: signed limited editions automotive motorsport Geelong races history speed trials

$40.00
1y69b/39

Riley: The Production and Compettition History of the Pre-1939 Riley Motor Cars


BIRMINGHAM, A T

SECOND EDITION, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 272pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board edges/extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, gift inscription in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, light fading ot spine, moderate chafing/soiling & wrinkling, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap)

PUBLISHER: G T Foulis & Co 1974

KEYWORDS: automotive motorsport Riley history motor cars design development production

$40.00
1y69b/40

Brooklands Giants


BODDY, BILL

Quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 160pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Foulis / Haynes 1995

KEYWORDS: automotive motorsport brooklands racing circuit drivers cars history

$120.00
1y69b/43

Historic Racing Cars of New Zealand


VERCOE, GRAHAM

SIGNED, quarto, beige heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 328pp, illus/photos, VG (sl bruising & soiling to board edges, moderate fading to spine, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges with minor archival tape repairs to top edge, light fading to spine, light to moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Reed Books 1991

KEYWORDS: signed Graham Vercoe automotive motoring motorsport New Zealand history cars racing

$100.00
1y69b/44

Napier: The First to Wear the Green


VENABLES, DAVID & BODDY, BILL (Fore)

Quarto, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 208pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light fading to spine, sl creasing to edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Foulis / Haynes 1998

KEYWORDS: British Napier design automotive motorsport motoring engineering history

$16.50
xxhqo199510

Fear in the Night


BRATHWAITE, ERROL

SECOND IMP., octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1959

KEYWORDS: New Zealand soldiers military war history aviation pilots autobiography autobiographies memoir

$30.00
xxhqp199514

Little Cyclone


NEAVE, AIREY

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1954

KEYWORDS: war military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 pows prisoners of war escapes escapees escape true stories Airey Neave

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